Legislature(1995 - 1996)
03/07/1995 03:40 PM Senate STA
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SENATE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
March 7, 1995
3:40 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Bert Sharp, Chairman
Senator Randy Phillips, Vice-Chairman
Senator Loren Leman
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Jim Duncan
Senator Dave Donley
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
SENATE BILL NO. 85
"An Act making corrective amendments to the Alaska Statutes as
recommended by the revisor of statutes; and providing for an
effective date."
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 15
Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska
requiring a runoff election when the candidates for governor and
lieutenant governor obtaining the greatest number of votes at the
general election do not receive more than 50 percent of the votes
cast, and changing the term of office of the governor and the
lieutenant governor.
PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION
SB 85 - No previous senate committee action.
SJR 15 - No previous senate committee action.
WITNESS REGISTER
Pamela Finley, Assistant Revisor of Statutes
Legislative Legal Services
130 Seward St., Ste. 313, Juneau, AK 99801-2197¶465-2450
POSITION STATEMENT: testified on SB 85
Josh Fink, Aide
Senator Tim Kelly
State Capitol, Juneau, Alaska, 99801-1182¶465-3822
POSITION STATEMENT: prime sponsor of SJR 15
David Koivuniemi, Acting Director
Division of Elections
P.O. Box 110017, Juneau, AK 99811-0017¶465-4611
POSITION STATEMENT: testified on SJR 15
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 95-9, SIDE A
Number 001
SSTA - 3/7/95
SB 85 1995 REVISOR'S BILL
CHAIRMAN SHARP calls the Senate State Affairs Committee to order at
3:40 p.m. and brings up SB 85 as the first order of business before
the committee. The chairman calls the first witness.
Number 023
PAM FINLEY, Assistant Revisor of Statutes, Legislative Legal
Services, asks if anyone has any questions on the bill.
Number 030
SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS asks if there are any "hookers" in the bill.
MS. FINLEY responds that, as far as she knows, there is nothing in
the bill that would matter to anybody.
Number 054
SENATOR LEMAN notes that on page 5, line 12, "conclusive therapy"
is being changed to "convulsive therapy."
MS. FINLEY responds no one had ever heard of "conclusive therapy".
SENATOR LEMAN asks Ms. Finley if she has ever heard of conclusive
legislative sessions.
SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS remarks they might be convulsive.
MS. FINLEY thinks the statute should have read "convulsive
therapy", instead of "conclusive therapy."
Number 075
CHAIRMAN SHARP announces that there are some proposed amendments,
and it is his intent to amend the bill and move it out as a
committee substitute.
Number 080
SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS moves amendment #1 to SB 85.
(A sectional analysis on SB 85, all amendments to SB 85, and
memorandums explaining the amendments have been submitted to the
committee by Ms. Finley from Legislative Legal Services.)
CHAIRMAN SHARP, hearing no objection, states amendment #1 has been
adopted.
Number 100
SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS moves amendment #2 to SB 85
CHAIRMAN SHARP, hearing no objection, states amendment #2 has been
adopted.
Number 140
SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS moves amendment #3 to SB 85
CHAIRMAN SHARP, hearing no objection, states amendment #3 has been
adopted.
Number 160
SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS moves amendment #4 to SB 85.
CHAIRMAN SHARP, hearing no objection, states amendment #4 has been
adopted.
Number 175
SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS moves amendment #5 to SB 85.
CHAIRMAN SHARP, hearing no objection, states amendment #5 has been
adopted.
Number 205
SENATOR LEMAN asks for an at ease to discuss possible additional
amendments to SB 85.
Number 210-235
The committee is at ease.
Number 235
SENATOR LEMAN states he will wait until the bill is heard in the
Senate Judiciary Committee before proposing his amendment.
SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS states for the record, he is going to
propose an amendment to SB 85 when the bill is heard in the Senate
Judiciary Committee regarding the name change of the Arctic Winter
Games.
Number 248
SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS makes a motion to discharge SB 85 from the
Senate State Affairs Committee with individual recommendations.
CHAIRMAN SHARP, hearing no objection, orders SB 85 released from
committee with individual recommendations.
SSTA - 3/7/95
SJR 15 GOV & LT GOV MUST RECEIVE 50 % VOTE
SENATOR SHARP brings up SJR 15 as the next order of business before
the Senate State Affairs Committee and calls the first witness.
Number 259
JOSH FINK, Aide to Senator Kelly, prime sponsor of SJR 15, reads
the sponsor statement for the bill to the committee.
Number 295
SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS asks Mr. Fink for clarification of how SJR
15 would affect write-in candidates.
MR. FINK responds write-in candidates would not be allowed in a
run-off election, because the state could end up with no candidate
receiving at least 50% of the votes cast in the election, and we
could end up back where we started.
SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS states he would not want to prevent a write-
in candidate who came in first or second in a primary or general
election to be excluded from the run-off election.
Number 330
DAVID KOIVUNIEMI, Acting Director, Division of Elections, states he
is available to answer questions. He informs the committee that if
SJR 15 passes, there will need to be enabling legislation passed in
order to comply with the deadlines set in the resolution. If SJR
15 had been in effect, the state would have had a run-off election
every election after 1970.
Number 354
CHAIRMAN SHARP thinks the Louisiana system would be a better
system. In Louisiana, any candidate who gets over 50% in the
primary wins the election and the race is over. If no candidate
gets over 50%, the two highest vote getters face off in the general
election. It could be two candidates of the same party, too.
Number 361
SENATOR LEMAN comments a person could win a run-off election by
fewer votes than they received in the general election, since there
is generally a smaller turn out in run-off elections.
SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS makes a motion to discharge SJR 15 from the
Senate State Affairs Committee with individual recommendations.
CHAIRMAN SHARP, hearing no objection, orders SJR 15 released from
committee with individual recommendations.
CHAIRMAN SHARP adjourns the Senate State Affairs Committee meeting
at 4:11 p.m.
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